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Everyone is probably familiar with the quote, “Success breeds success.” Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to apply to Sabis International Charter School, the charter school in Springfield, with respect to an important issue that impacts thousands of patient families and students. Recently, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education denied a proposal by SABIS to establish [...]

Two SABIS® public charter schools recently received bronze medal rankings in the U.S. News and World Report’s “Best High Schools Ranking” for 2012. The SABIS® International Charter School (SICS) in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the International Academy of Flint (IAF), located in Flint, Michigan, were the schools to receive this esteemed recognition. The rating was the [...]

In recognition of years of commitment to SABIS® and support of the arts, Mrs. Leila C. Saad, SABIS® Chairperson, was honored on Monday, April 30th, 2012, at a ceremony dedicating the school’s performing arts center. The Leila C. Saad Performing Arts Center was inaugurated in front of an audience that included the guest of honor [...]

The company that will manage a recently approved charter school in Lowell will wait until the enrollment process is complete before addressing concerns over projections of high student-teacher ratios for those with special needs and English as a second language, according to a representative. By a 6-3 vote, the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary [...]

“Employers asking for police clearance certificate from UAE job seekers to keep out dodgy candidates. Private companies are demanding a police-issued clean criminal record from job applicants in the UAE. Those failing to produce police clearance or with a bad standing at previous jobs or colleges are weeded out by HR managers and job agents [...]

Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar held its fifth annual CS4Qatar workshop for high school students on Saturday, aiming to inspire Qatar’s youth to join the field of computer science and become creators of innovations that will change the world. Facing stiff competition for selection into this year’s workshop, only 80 high school students from 20 [...]

Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 10:08 PM By The Republican Newsroom SPRINGFIELD – Students from Sabis International Charter School and Cathedral High School joined more than 250 high school students from throughout New England and New York for the 72nd annual Model Congress at American International College. Students from Sabis took three of the top [...]

Emirati ‘really surprised’ as his song plays on CSI Awad Mustafa Jan 20, 2012 DUBAI // The new season of the popular US crime drama CSI will feature a track by an Emirati musician. Rebirth, the title track of Hamdan Al Abri’s debut album, featured on the soundtrack of season 12′s third episode, which was [...]

Being a part of Community Service Events is something that our students really enjoy. They have SUCH big hearts and I have known that for all 13 years I have been here. For the students that this was their first visit, to this Nursing Home, they now want to go again and want to know [...]